re: USA has lost its last two major wars

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I agree in principle, but the reality is when we go in and fight a war, and win, there is a vacuum that will be left behind.

We can pull all troops home and just say “come what May” and risk the same or even worse people taking power, or try to make it better or at least stable. I don’t see any other plausible way, do you?

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The other way is to stop creating power vacuums which is the primary function at this point of a 200,000 person US army.

Nothing is “won” if a power vacuum is created. Saddam Hussein was a terrible man. Bush 1 was absolutely correct to stop at the Iraq border and say mission accomplished and bush 2 was a moron for using the army to create a power vacuum in Iraq. Bashar al Assad is awful but it was absolutely the right decision to not remove him and create a power vacuum. US interests have not been improved by removing Gaddafi and creating a power vacuum.

The Air Force, navy and marines are sufficient to defend American assets, contain bad actors and protect global trade routes.